Friday, June 15, 2012

Swap Crazy (≧ω≦)

The two years I've been at college, I've been far far FAAARRR away from the "Swap-Lyfe". Reasons like: all the people I knew on flickr [where I'd mainly do the lovlier swaps] had fallen off the face of MY earth [they were still quite active...just not with me *sadface*], the flickr swaps that I WAS doing...sucked [sorry, but truthful], and the swaps on swap-bot ended up being quite depressing as well. 
This summer coming home from college has actually turned it around, and I have magically [whoo magic] come across some actual decent [ok amazing] swappers ^_^! It warms my heart to be able to send a total stranger a lovely package that I know they will love, and them do the same for me while making a new friend at the same time! I am guilty of re-gifting things I receive in swaps, but in retrospect who isn't? If I can't find a use for something but I know this person will heck yeah I'm going to send it to them!
The latest one's name is Paperfun [yes I'm giving you her flickr name because I don't want to put her business out like that lol], and we just hit it off completely. We had done a swap back in March as our first private swap together.
Received from her 
Sent to her
After this, we decided to do a "Big Swap"/Fill-a-bag swap together and I think our budget was $50, but at this point we had both forgotten our budget and theme [except that we were "filling" a bag] anyways and have just been buying things for eachother lol. Well, one reason is because we scheduled to send out in August, but then again we also get along quite well so the want to please the other is great [ha hopefully that doesn't sound too awkward]
Her "sneak peek" for me
*dies* my luff for domo..le gasp 
My "sneak peek" for her.
She hadn't wanted a sneak peek, but I thought since this wasn't
most of the items, I'd show her anyways ^_^.
Since she doesn't follow my blog, I'll post the rest of the swap when the items come in, but yeah not right now lol. Oh, and also she has a plethora of new lovely items up for adoption o.o!


This is only the plush, she has stationary items and such also
check her page HERE
The next person I haven't completed the swap process with yet, only because I had recently been flaked on by someone with a similar default photo, and she has absolutely no photos of swaps she's done before posted on her flickr. She also hasn't posted the photo of what she's supposed to be sending me though she said she would on the 11th. So I am quite iffy about sending out the items I had initially purchased for her.
Tis what I am supposed to send, but she hasn't even put up photos for me
so as of now, it's staying here
On her page it stated that she really liked hello kitty, so I tried to go all out and get her mainly hello kitty items. If she does in fact turn out being a flaker, then these items will be used for a different swap that I am working on...which will be talked about at the end, and you shall see why.
On a lighter/happier note, I have had the privilege of doing quite the lovely swap with a girl on tumblr [Erynne]. I'm normally quite skeptical of random people who hit me up for swap, but she was the most legit random person who has hit me up. She sent me a video of the items she had to offer, since pictures are hard for her to produce. I mean, I don't know what to say about her other than wow. In a good way though. If you're looking for a swap partner hit her up for sure! She is looking to do more kawaii swaps. I received her package to me today, and am sending out her side tomorrow. I'll only show what she's sent me since we agreed on surprise, and I'll upload the photo after she receives.
flippen lovely to the tenth power
She even said she liked my hair ^_^ which is never weird to hear for me trust me!

*whew* Alrighty! onto the swap that I'm working on now! So another lovely person has hit me up on tumblr about doing a swap. She had initially suggested a Hello Kitty swap with a budget of $50, but me being quite picky when it comes to hello kitty items we've rendered it a bit. I WILL in fact be sending her $50 worth of hello kitty items that I hope she will love, and she will be sending me $50 worth of goodies form my wishpot. If I am being flaked on, then the items that were supposed to be sent to le other chic [see above lol] will be for this lovely gal. I have a couple Hello Kitty items in my possession now and have also JUST purchased these two items for her:
Hello Kitty battery powered clock
Hello Kitty stainless steel chopsticks
she had a pair of chopsticks on her wishpot, but I feel like these stainless
steel ones will be better for when being washed and used over and over.
Meh, so yeah that is the gist of my current Swapping life. It's going fairly smoothly as of now, and I'm back into enjoying participating in it again.

♡o(๑◕‿◕๑)o♡LovePeaceHappiness♡o(๑◕‿◕๑)o♡

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